KEXP Seattle — Since pairing up in 2014, Mazes frontman Jack Cooper and Veronica Falls vocalist/guitarist James Hoare have continued to enchant us as Ultimate Painting. While in town for the Capitol Hill Block Party (review here), the London duo (accompanied by tou... more info

Stereogum — It’s been less than a year since the dreamy UK rock duo Ultimate Painting released their sophomore LP Green Lanes, but they’ve just announced plans to come back with another album called Dusk. The band, whose members come from the bands Mazes and... more info

Perez Hilton — Panic! At The Disco is back! The Nine in The Afternoon musicians just dropped their new single Hallelujah — and by the looks of it, they got M.C. Escher to direct the music video. LOLz! While the video looks like it takes place in The Fire Temple f... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Ultimate Painting @ CMJ 2014 (more by Amanda Hatfield) Ultimate Painting, aka Jack Cooper from Mazes and James Haore from Veronica Falls, released their appealing debut album this year via Trouble in Mind and were last in the U.S. during... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. Couple of dudes get together to bash out a few ramshackle indie rock songs and they end up sounding like the Velvet Underground. Sure, what James Hoare of Veronica Falls and Jack Cooper of Mazes are doing he... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis Ultimate Painting, the band from Veronica Falls' James Hoare and Jack Cooper of Mazes, are here in NYC for CMJ and they've got a lot of shows while here. The band's eponymous debut album is out next... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher Jonah Matranga in NYC in 2008 (more by Tim Griffin) Moral Mazes, the new band of Far's Jonah Matranga and Jawbox's J Robbins, put out their debut 7" earlier this month via Bridge 9 which had all... more info

Stereogum — When Mazes released “Salford” from their new album Wooden Aquarium last month, we praised its plucky, energetic approach to jittery boy-girl sing-song. You’d think that would be a youthful trait — and Mazes are young folks, after all — but ... more info

Stereogum — White Sands is a new project from Conan Roberts of Mazes, Male Bonding’s John Arthur Webb, and Sophy Hollington from Novella. The three East Londoners are releasing their debut 7″ in the fall and their lead single is “The Wait,” a muscular an... more info

Stereogum — British rockers Mazes are at their best when making quick bursts of energetic rock and that’s exactly what they did on “Astigmatism” from earlier this year and do again on “Salford.” Boy/girl vocals spill over each other as they trade state... more info